Thérouanne
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Coordinates: 50°38′15″N 2°15′35″E / 50.6375°N 02.259722°E
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Commune of Thérouanne |
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  Thérouanne
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| Country | France |
| Region |  Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department |  Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement |  Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Aire-sur-la-Lys |
| Intercommunality | La Morinie |
| Mayor | Alain Chevalier (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 31–116 m (100–380 ft) (avg. 38 m/120 ft) |
| Land area1 | 8.37 km2 (3.23 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 1,082 (2006) |
| - Density | 129 /km2 (330 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 62811/ 62129 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Thérouanne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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[edit] Geography
Thérouanne is located 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D157 and D341 road junction.
[edit] Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 868 | 877 | 886 | 943 | 971 | 1045 | 1082 |
| Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
[edit] History
At the time of the Gauls, Tarwanna or Tervanna was the capital of the Belgian tribe of the Morini. After the Romans conquered Gaul, they too made the city the capital of the Civitas Morinorum district.
In the 7th century, probably around 639, Saint-Audomare (Omer) established the bishopric of Terwaan or Terenburg, which controlled during the Middle Ages a large part of the left bank of the river Scheldt. Territorially it was part of the county of Artois which belonged to the county of Flanders.
Thanks to that ecclesiastical control of some of the most prosperous cities north of the Alps, like Arras and Ypres, the bishopric was able to build a cathedral which was at the time the largest in France.
In 1553 Charles V besieged Thérouanne, then a French enclave in the Holy Roman Empire, in revenge for a defeat by the French at Metz. After he captured the city he ordered it to be razed to the ground, the roads to be broken up, and the area to be ploughed and salted.[dubious ][1] Only a small commune which lay outside the city walls, then named Saint-Martin-Outre-Eaux, was left standing, and later (probably around 1800) took over the name Thérouanne. Part of the portal of the cathedral was acquired by Saint-Omer; a colossal statue of Christ is all that is left of it these days.
The disappearance of the former bishopric led to a reform of bishopric seats at the Council of Trent; the bishopric of Thérouanne was split in those of Saint-Omer and Ypres.
[edit] Bishops
- Hunfrid of Prüm (d.871)
- A certain Adam, seated 1213–1229[1]
- Avignon Pope Clement VII, seated 1361–1368
- John, Cardinal of Lorraine (d.1550)
[edit] Places of interest
- The church of Saint Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The archaeological site, remains of the medieval city.
[edit] Twin towns
Thérouanne is twinned with Hamstreet in Kent (in southern England, across the English Channel).
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Thérouanne on the Quid website (French)
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